amenable

Example Sentences

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Senior executives initially balked, casting obesity as a problem of self-control and exercise rather than a disease amenable to medication.

From The Wall Street Journal

Published in January, the paper had started out as a sort of sociological study of what factors might lead people to be more or less amenable to taking a COVID-19 vaccine.

From Los Angeles Times

The answer is that we’re not exactly sure how Jupiter formed, and the Orion nebula’s stellar nursery nurtures not only stars but also newborn planets, which are amenable to JWST’s prying infrared eye.

From Scientific American

Both countries made promises to allow access but have not followed through, and it seems less likely now after explosions in Gaza that either country would be amenable.

From Los Angeles Times

It is also a work of art — and by presenting it as such, Bon has made hidebound government agencies perhaps more amenable to experimentation than they might have been otherwise.

From Los Angeles Times